PEOPLE THAT WE GOT TO SWALLOW
COMING UP IN THE FULL
FORECAST, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.
THOSE COLD TEMPERATURES
STICKING AROUND. THANK
NORTHEAST OHIO IS EMBRACING.
IF THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD FOR
LEADERS FULL FORCE TONIGHT AS
ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW STEALS
THE SPOTLIGHT AND WE HAVE TEAM
COVERAGE ALL OVER TONIGHT. BUT
COUNTY BRADDY AND WILTON IS
LIVE OUT IN MENTOR. HEY BRAD.
I'M JUST WAITING FOR ONE OF
THESE TIMES FOR YOU GUYS TO
TOSS OUT TO ME AND SAY BRETT
HAMILTON IS A POPSICLE. IT IS
DEFINITELY CHILLY OUT HERE.
BUT HEY, IT'S THE SNOW BELT.
IT'S BEEN A CLASSIC DAY. LOT
OF SNOW, VERY WINDY. A LOT OF
PEOPLE CLEARING THEIR
DRIVEWAYS. WE SAW THAT ALL
THROUGHOUT THE AREA. SO THE
BEST PLACE TO SHOW YOU WAS A
HIGH ABOVE. WE ACTUALLY HAD
OUR DRONE FOX OUT EARLIER
TODAY SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE
WINTER VOLUME FULL EFFECT HERE
IN LAKE COUNTY. LANDSCAPE,
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT CAN BE
PRETTY TREACHEROUS. THAT'S WHY
ODOT IS LEADING THE CHARGE
AGAINST THE SNOW FROM THE
FRONT JUST INCHES. SHARED THAT
A FLEET OF AROUND 300 SNOW
PLOWS ARE WORKING IN PERFECT
SYNC RIGHT HERE IN NORTHEAST
OHIO. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE
PLOWS WORKING A DAY LIKE THIS
MATTER. NEIGHBORS ARE HELPING
OUT CLEARING DRIVEWAYS, TAKING
THE DOG FOR A WALK IN SHARING
TIPS LIKE THE SEASON. SNOW
WARRIORS. THEY ARE.
JUST GET OUTSIDE. GET SOME
FRESH AIR BE COOPED UP INSIDE
ALL DAY. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN
OUT WALKING THE DOG AND I'M
GOING TO GO TO THE FITNESS
CENTER ANTHEN I'M GONNA COME
HOME AND STAY HOME THE REST OF
THE DAY. I KNOW FOLKS DON'T
LIKE THE TRAVEL. 35 40 MILES
AN HOUR AND STAY BEHIND A SNOW
PLOW.
BUT THAT'S THE ADVICE I
WOULD GIVE A MOTORIST A FEW
CAN STAY BEHIND THEM. YOU
KNOW, A COUPLE 100 FEET LET
THEM WHILE THE ROAD. LET THEM
TREAT THE ROAD IN FRONT OF
YOU.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
DRIVING ON A MUCH SAFER, YOU
KNOW, ROADWAY.
YEAH, PATIENTS IS REALLY
THE KEY OUT HERE. WE'VE GOT A
NICE DRIVE BACK TO THE STATION
AFTER THIS ONE. AND THAT'S
WHAT YOU WILL SEE THROUGHOUT
HIS PEOPLE ARE DRIVING A
LITTLE BIT SORE THAN YOU WOULD
USUALLY SEE AND JUST RESPECT
PEOPLE SPACES. AND YES, IF YOU
HAVE SALT, USE LOTS OF IT ON
YOUR DRIVEWAY. YEAH, I ALWAYS
WELCOME THE SITE OF PLOW TRUCK
IN IN FRONT OF ME. THAT'S FOR
SURE. AND BRAD, NO, YOU DO NOT
LOOK LIKE A POPSICLE. YOU LOOK
VERY NICE. BUT THOSE CHRISTMAS
LIGHTS BEHIND
YEAH, I THINK SO. BUT I I
LIKE THE NICKNAME THE POPSICLE
JUST MIGHT STAY LOW. WESTLAKE
OHIO SOUNDS GOOD. ONE INCH OF
SNOW ON WESTLAKE TODAY WAS
NICE. ALL RIGHT, BRAD, THANK
YOU. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW
WARNING DOES EXTEND FAR SOUTH
OF THE PRIMARY SNOW BELT.
PORTAGE AND SUMMIT COUNTIES.
FOX EIGHT'S DAVE NETHERS HAS
BEEN SURVEYING THE CONDITIONS.
THEY'RE ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY
JOINS US LIVE.
TONIGHT FROM GROUNDFOX, THE
SHOW US WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW. DAY.
YEAH, WE ARE, YOU BATH
TOWNSHIP, I THINK STILL AGAIN
ABOUT TO GO BACK INTO
RICHFIELD. BEEN KIND STUCK
HERE A A LITTLE CAUSE OF ALL
THE SNOW. WE DID VENTURE OUT
ONTO IS 77. THAT THAT
PARALLELS WHERE WE ARE NOW AND
THERE ARE.
THERE'S AT LEAST ONE
VEHICLE IN A TRENCH IN THERE.
THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY OUT
ANYTIME SOON. THIS IS AN AREA
THAT TYPICALLY CONSIDERED IS
DANTE SAID THE SECONDARY SNOW
BELT NOT TYPICALLY GETTING
THESE BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW
WE'VE SEEN PARTICULARLY IN
SUMMIT COUNTY. AS WE'VE
LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE DAY LATE
IN BOSTON TOWNSHIP AT ROUTE
303, IN ROUTE 8, SOME TRYING
TO NAVIGATE THTHROUGH PARTS OF
NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY, THE
PENINSULA AREA FOR ONE HAVE
TOLD US THAT THERE ARE HALF
HOUR COMMUTE WAS MORE LIKE AN
HOUR TODAY. WE DON'T SEE THESE
CONDITIONS HERE OFTEN
PRECISELY WHAT YOU MIGHT
EXPECT TO SEE ALONG THE LAKE
IN THE PRIMARY SNOW BELT TO
DRIVERS ARE PREPARED TO SPEND
A LONG WEEKEND AS THIS IS
PROJECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST SATURDAY EVENING.
ALL 20 OF US HERE IN SUMMIT
COUNTY ARE GOING TO BE ON 12
HOUR SHIFTS CONTINUOUSLY
TREATING THE ROADS. BUT WHEN
SNOW IS COMING DOWN MORE THAN
AN INCH AN HOUR BY THE TIME WE
FINISH OUR ROUTE. THOSE ROADS
ARE ALREADY COVERED WITH SNOW,
A CAT. SO IT IS JUST
UNRELENTING BATTLE THAT THAT
THAT WE FACE HERE.
SO WE ARE BACK LIVE AND
IT'S NOT JUST THE SNOW IS.
DANTE SAID IT'S THE COLD.
AKRON HAS AN OVERNIGHT SHELTER
AND WARMING CENTERS AVAILABLE
WITH SINGLE DIGITS AT THE
PRESENT TIME. THAT'S THE FEELS
KE TEMPERATURE IN THE LAKE
EFFECT WARNING YEARS IN EFFECT
FOR IT. AGAIN, AT LEAST 24 MY
MORE HOURS, LOU, I USE THE
WORD CRAZY AND 4 O'CLOCK. I'M
GOING TO USE THE WORD
IMPRESSIVE. NOW JUST BECAUSE
THIS THIS IS SOMETHING YOU
DON'T SEE THIS LAKE EFFECT
SNOW THIS FAR SOUTH OF T
LAKE. LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY,
OPPRESSIVE IN A CRAZY KIND OF
AWAY, RIGHT? DAVE, THANK YOU.
ANTIOCH, A COUNTY IS ALSO
GETTING POUNDED BY HEAVY SNOW,
CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AT TIMES.
AND THIS IS LEADING TO
INCREASE ISSUES FOR DRIVERS.
OF COURSE, TINO BOVENZI IS
THE JUNGLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE WHO IS PROVIDING
ESSENTIAL SAFETY TIPS FOR
HANDLING THESE CONDITIONS.
TINO.
TRACEY, IT'S BEEN A
CHALLENGING DAY FOR MOTORISTS
HERE IN GOOD COUNTY. THE SNOW
HAS BEEN FALLING CONSISTENTLY
AND RAPIDLY SINCE ABOUT
INTO THE JOGGIN COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR HELP
DRIVERS WHO HAVE SLID OFF THE
ROADWAYS IN INTO DITCHES ON
RURAL ROADS. WE SPENENT A FEW
HOURS DRIVING AROUND THROUGH
GOOD COUNTY MONTHS IN TOWNSHIP
IN CHARDON TO CHECK OUT SOME
OF THESE INCIDENTS ISN'T OUR
ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE VEHICLE
STOCK. A BOX TRUCK WAS NOSE
DOWN AND REAR WHEELS UP IN A
DITCH. WHEELS LIFTING OFF OF
THE GROUND. THE ROADS HAVE
BEEN VERY SLIPPERY. ALL-DAY
PLOW CREWS ARE OUT MAKING THE
ROUNDS TO KEEP THESE ROADS
SAFE AND PASSABLE. BUT WITH
STRONG WIND GUSTS, THE SNOW
KEEPS BLOWING AROUND
RECOVERING THE ROADS SHORTLY
AFTER THEY'VE BEEN PLOWED. THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THE
PHONES WON'T STOP RINGING FROM
CALLS FROM PEOPLE NEEDING
HELP.
FROM SINGLE VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS. IF YOU DON'T NEED
TO GO OUT, DON'T THE BEST WAY
TO AVOID HAVING A PROBLEM JUST
AVOID OTHER, BE ON THE
ROADWAYS AT ALL.
IF YOU DO NEED TO GO OUT,
UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE DO JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.
VISIBILITY IS POOR. DEFINITELY
REDUCE YOUR SPEEDS IS STOPPING
IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM.
ROADS ARE MUCH WORSE IN THE
MORE RURAL AREAS. OF COURSE,
THAT'S A DOWNTOWN CHARDON
ALONG THE SQUARE. BUT THE SNOW
HAS BEEN CONSISTENT ACROSS THE
COUNTY AND GETS VERY INTENSE
AT TIMES AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
WEEKEND. TRACEY FROM WHAT I
DERSTAND, PEOPLE WHO ARE
STUCK IN THE SNOW OR WAITING
MULTIPLE HOURS FOR SERVICES
LIKE AAA SHOW UP THE BESBET
FOR ANYBODY AT THIS POINT IS
IF YOU DON'T NEED TO GO OUT,
JUST STAY HOME, STAY HOME AND
STAY SAFE. TINA, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AND BE SURE TO STAY WITH
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OF THIS.
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